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01 Record

CVE-2016-4812

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Markdown on Save Improved plugin before 2.5.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: jpcert
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Markdown on Save Improved plugin before 2.5.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 73.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2016-06-04 16:00Z10 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 00:39Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2016-05-17
Assigning CNA
jpcert
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
59350c5d7561b8496ee0227f4866b12a98a8f07ffee65fb0b1a32a13e6230761

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
markdown_on_saved_improved_projectmarkdown_on_saved_improvedNot specified—

06 References